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TALKING POINTS
MARY BENSEL CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL SARASOTA, FLA. HOMETOWN: TRENTON, N.J. UNIVERSITY: Mansfield (Pa.) University and University of Pittsburgh FIRST JOB IN THE INDUSTRY:...
View ArticleUNIVERSITIES ADDRESS THE ARTS
Universities and colleges have been joined by high schools in seeking to upgrade or build performing arts center spaces. Venues Today lists 28 projects that are in design or construction in performing...
View ArticlePREPPING FOR MARCH MADNESS
In what signifies America’s most far-reaching annual sporting spectacle, the NCAA men’s basketball championship — better known as March Madness — invades cities across the country, filling arenas and...
View ArticleREIMAGINING THE TICKET LOTTERY
If you were a poor, struggling college student desperate to get your hands on a cheap seat at one of Broadway’s hottest shows in 2013, you had to get up at the crack of dawn, be one of the first 10 to...
View ArticleAN EVENTFUL YEAR ON CAMPUS
Due to their locations and demographics, university venues can take advantage of events that may not be moneymakers, but are definite publicity builders. Such was the case for the University of...
View ArticleBRANDING WITH PARTNERS
From rebranding efforts to new management companies, university top stops are taking the necessary steps to set venues apart in competitive landscapes. Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for...
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LIVE NATION GLOBAL TOURING CHIEF
Living up to his status as “King of the Megatour,” Arthur Fogel, president of Live Nation’s Global Touring division and chairman, Live Nation Global Music, will have yet another “mega” year in 2017,...
View ArticleCLASSIC VENUES GET UPGRADES
Kentucky and Tennessee venues had a down year overall, but there were several bright spots. The general consensus was that competition from new venues was making attracting talent and events...
View ArticleREBUILT PIECE BY PIECE
Kentucky International Exposition Center, Louisville, is getting a $207-million makeover.“It’s going to aesthetically be a brand new building,” said Jason Rittenberry, president and CEO, Kentucky Sate...
View ArticleTHE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
If you want to see the future of venue ingress, security and ticketing, go to an airport. After 9/11, it became a mandate that every airport in the world ramp up their security procedures and...
View ArticleASK RUSS
The United States of America has experienced more flooding in 2016 than ever previously recorded. As I am writing this, I am in Los Angeles where a new “train” of storms is poised to hit Southern...
View ArticleTHE PRICE IS RIGHT
Dynamic ticket pricing is all about maximizing revenue and filling seats. An empty seat at curtain time is lost revenue. Often people assume that dynamic pricing is all about making the most money...
View ArticleSCHOOL BENEFITS ENTIRE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
The booming hospitality industry in New Orleans has a gaping employment hole that desperately needs filling in the restaurant sector. It took more than 10 years for the industry to recover from the...
View ArticlePETER LUUKKO BLEEDS BRICK AND MORTAR
Nine months ago, our 2017 SEVT Lifetime Achievement Award winner embarked on yet another chapter in his life. But while the lifetime of achievement isn’t over, the bar is already set so high that...
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Q&A > FRED ROSEN > FORMER CEO OF TICKETMASTER
Fred Rosen, our SEVT 2004 Pioneer in Sport and Entertainment Award Winner, has never been without an opinion. A pioneer in ticketing, the creator of the current ticketing model when he was CEO of...
View ArticleLOCATION IS MORE THAN A CAMPUS VIEW
With 7,000 students living within a five-minute walk, George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, Va., has a good handle on its demographic.“Our location in an affluent county of Washington,...
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STING TALKS NEW ALBUM AND TOUR
At 65, Sting is the antithesis of retiring — imagine our shock about that. The pop culture renaissance man — from the Police to Broadway to the big screen and beyond — launches a new tour Feb. 1 in...
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MANAGEMENT Chris Bird has joined V Digital Services as senior vice president. Bird spent the last three years as president of Vertical Measures. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of...
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OC Fair’s Heroes Hall Honors Vets
Heroes Hall, OC Fair, Costa Mesa, Calif. REPORTING FROM COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Heroes Hall, a permanent, year-round museum with exhibitions, performances and educational programs that celebrate the...
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The Strand Returns to Detroit Metro Market
Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts, Pontiac, Mich., opens Jan. 23 after a $20-milion renovation. After two dormant decades, the Strand Theatre in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac has been...
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